Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:48 and the last around 06:48. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €13.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 5m over 174 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.73 to €13.93
- 113%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kaohsiung City
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:48First departure
- 06:48Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
國光客運 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.43Tue15
- about €19.98Wed16
- about €23.83Thu17
- about €22.18Fri18
- about €17.23Sat19
- about €18.33Sun20
- about €13.93Mon21
- about €15.03Tue22
- about €13.93Wed23
- about €18.88Thu24
- about €16.68Fri25
- about €17.23Sat26
- about €16.13Sun27
- about €13.93Mon28
- about €12.28Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €15.58Thu1
- about €11.73Fri2
- about €12.28Sat3
- about €14.48Sun4
- about €12.28Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Yuanlin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yuanlin for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €13.9314 days
- €13.937 days
- €23.833 days
- €19.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 113 percent. The most expensive point is €23.83, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
174 km
151 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
2,737,660 → 124,725
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 174 km against 151 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Chiayi City, Yongkang, Hsinchu, Tainan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near South Yuanlin Station
Most of the points near South Yuanlin Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
The fastest journey from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin takes 3h 5m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 17m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
The cheapest fare from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin is €11.73, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.58. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
The cheapest way from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on October 2, 2026. That journey takes 3h 21m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
Fares from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 113 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin, at €13.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin, at €10.07 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
1 operators sell services from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin across 1 mode: 國光客運. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin are direct. The rest connect at Chiayi City, Yongkang, Hsinchu, Tainan, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin use?
Services from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin by coach leave from Kaohsiung Bus Jianguo Station and arrive at 員林轉運站. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kaohsiung City to Yuanlin on September 14, 2026: 174 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Yuanlin is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Yuanlin and across Taiwan
Day trips that leave Yuanlin in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kaohsiung City reaches 53 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 2,988 km. Yuanlin reaches 22 places in 1 countries, from 55 to 176 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kaohsiung City
- 53Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 24Operators
Arriving in Yuanlin
Leaving Yuanlin
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators